MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge - Sketch 487

Hi All!

Every Wednesday on the My Favorite Things blog they post a new sketch challenge. This week's challenge was to use Sketch 487.

For this challenge I decided to do a birthday card with a bear peeking out of the present. I love to have a rainbow of colours in birthday cards to brighten up the card. I created the background with the Sunkissed Spots stencil from Echo Park Paper and various Distress Ink colours to create a fun, bright background.

Supplies Used: White Smooth Cardstock, Black Cardstock, Echo Park Paper Stencil (Sunkissed Spots), MFT Stamp (BB Beary Special Birthday),  Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Candied Apple, Mustard Seed, Peacock Fathers, Wilted Violet, Carved Pumpkin, Twisted Citron), Memento Black Ink, Various Copics, Pop Dots, Wink of Stella (Clear Glitter), Circle Die

Thanks Laurie

Lawn Fawnatics Challenge #75 - Spectacular Skies

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Lawn Fawn has this challenge blog where usually every two weeks a new challenge is posted.  Challenge # 75 is called Spectacular Skies - where the main focus is on the sky.

For this challenge I decided to use one of Lawn Fawn's older sets. This is one of the first sets I bought from Lawn Fawn when I first discovered their existence. I haven't gotten the chance to use this set very often but I thought it would be perfect for the Spectacular Skies challenge. Since the Stay At Home order really came into effect, I have been making some thinking of you cards to send to family and friends to show them that my family is still thinking of them in this difficult time.

Supplies: White Cardstock, Pink Cardstock, Lawn Fawn stamps (Hello Sunshine), Lawn Fawn Paper (Birthday Candles, Carnation), Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Mermaid Lagoon, Squeezed Lemonade), Memento Black Ink, Wink of Stella (Clear Glitter), Yellow Copics, Lawn Fawn Glue Tube, Pop Dots, Doodlebug Hello Assortment Glitter Sprinkles (Yellow) 

Thanks Laurie

Flying by to say...

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April 29th is always a big deal in my family as it is my Mom's birthday. This year with COVID-19 and the lockdown going on we have had to switch up our plan on how to celebrate Mom's birthday.

But the one thing that was the same as every birthday is a handmade card made by me. This year I used one of my new stamps to create this fly by birthday card. I also stamped "Happy Birthday" on the inside of the card to finish off the sentiment on the front.

Supplies Used: White Smooth Cardstock, Blue Cardstock, Lawn Fawn Stamps (Really High Five), My Favourite Things Paper Pad (Birthday Brights), Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Tumbled Glass, Peacock Feathers), Various Copic Markers, Memento Black Ink, Pop Dots, Lawn Fawn Glue Pen, Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Pen

Thanks Laurie

MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge - Sketch 484

Hi All!

Every Wednesday on the My Favorite Things blog they post a new sketch challenge. This week's challenge was to use Sketch 484.

For this challenge I decided to do a congratulations card. I used the Small Brick Wall Stencil with Hickory Smoke Distress Ink to create a faded brick wall background. As most things on this card are black, grey or white, I wanted to have a pop of colour on the card, so I die cut a stitched heart from the pink knit paper in the Lawn Fawn Knit Picky line.  Then I used pink cardstock as the base of the card.

Supplies Used: White Smooth Cardstock, Black Cardstock, Pink Cardstock, Silver Glitter Paper, MFT Stencil (Small Brick Wall), MFT Dienamics (Congrats, Stitched Heart STAX), MFT Stamp (You Wow Me), Lawn Fawn Paper (Knit Picky Fall - Leg Warmers), Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Hickory Smoke), Memento Black Ink, YNS Gumdrops (Crystal Clear and Sparkle)

Thanks Laurie

MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge - Sketch 483

Hi All!

Every Wednesday on the My Favorite Things blog they post a new sketch challenge. This week's challenge was to use Sketch 483.

For this challenge I decided to do an anniversary card. I love using this bride & groom stamp from Dreamland Crafts for wedding or anniversary cards. I made the scattered hearts background first in two different pinks before building the rest of the card.

This type of sketch is one of my favourite ways to design a card as I love the idea of tag in the centre of the card. So my take on the tag in the sketch was to have a silver glitter that when put on the background takes on a little pink tint.  Then I put black trim around the tag to help it stand out from the stencilled background.

Supplies Used: White Smooth Cardstock, Black Cardstock, Silver Glitter Paper, MFT Stencil (Lots Of Heart), Dreamerland Crafts Stamp (Welcoming The New Couple), Your Next Stamp (Wedding Bliss), Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Spun Sugar, Picked Raspberry), Doodlebug Halloween Assortment Glitter Sprinkles, Pop Dots, Memento Black Ink, Various Copic Markers

Thanks Laurie

MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge - Sketch 482

Hi All!

Every Wednesday on the My Favorite Things blog they post a new sketch challenge. This week's challenge was to use Sketch 482.

For this challenge I decided to do a thinking of you card so I stamped out the animals out of the SY Kissing Booth stamp set. Each critter had a little extra thing on them; the owl was holding a heart, the  bunny had a flower near her ear and the bear had a bowtie on. I coloured each of these red to connect all the critters together as a group. I stamped out a banner to add the first half of my sentiment to, the second half of my sentiment is on the inside of the card. I also diecut the green circle for behind the critters to help them stand out from the background.

Inside -

Supplies Used: Kraft Cardstock, White Smooth Cardstock, Black Cardstock, MFT Stamps (SY Kissing Booth, All About You), MFT Dies (All About You), Lawn Fawn Stamps (Bannerific), Lawn Fawn Paper (Knock On Wood - Dark Brown, Really Rainbow Christmas - Green Holly), Wink of Stella (Clear Glitter), Pop Dots, Memento Black Ink, Various Copic Markers

Thanks Laurie

Lawn Fawnatics Challenge #73 - Birthday!

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Lawn Fawn has this challenge blog where usually every two weeks a new challenge is posted.  Challenge #73 was extended to three weeks. The challenge this time was to celebrate birthdays. Lawn Fawn is celebrating their 10th birthday this year and the Lawn Fawnatics challenge blog is celebrating their 3rd year with this challenge.

For this challenge I decided to use one of the newly released stamp sets to help celebrate Lawn Fawn's birthday. The stamp set I used is Really High Five with the bear and bunny flying high in the air on balloons. Using a mixture of the cloud stencil and mini cloud stencil from My Favorite Things I created the sky background.

Supplies: White Cardstock, Kraft Cardstock, Lawn Fawn stamps (Really High Five), Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Peacock Feathers), Memento Black Ink, Wink of Stella (Clear Glitter), Various Copics, Lawn Fawn Glue Tube 

Thanks Laurie